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Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing


From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:59:49 +0530


On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:09:35 +0000 (GMT), Christopher L. Morrow
<christopher.morrow () mci com> wrote:


I'm not such a fan of the auto-acting devices, I'd rather have a person
review the action prior to taking it.... Each security/network person
should determine how best to handle that themselves though.


For most large networks with hundreds of thousands of end users
(broadband providers, say), the sheer volume of trojaned or otherwise
compromised hosts makes automation necessary.

This should of course be subject to manual review once the traffic has
been cut off..

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists () gmail com)


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